Folding coop.



W. BUCKLEY & W. IVERSEN.

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APPLICAHON FILED MAR. 17. ISHG.

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WILLIAM BUCKLEY AND WILLIAM IVERSEN, OF PORTAGE, WISCONSIN.

FOLDING COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatenteol May 15, 1917.

Application filed March 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,938.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, WILLIAM BUCKLEY and WILLIAM IVERSEN, whose residence is Portage, Wisconsin, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Coops, of which the followingis a specification. This invention relates to improvements in coops or crates and more particularly to that class of coops known as folding or knockdown. Its object is to produce a folding coop that is light in weight, of stable con struction and cheap to manufacture. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the coop in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on line H of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross section with the top re Fig. 7 is a front view of the toggle post employed.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the same, the

dotted lines showing it in an altered position.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the coop folded; Fig. 10 is a section on line 1010 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary view illustrating one form of catch employed.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the floor of the coop preferably comprising a single piece of material formed with upturned edges 2 and with overlapped corners 3 suitably riveted or otherwise fastened together as at 4:- Pivotally arranged upon the rivets 4 are the legs 5 of the end pieces 6, 7 which pieces are provided with the lattice work B. Each of the said legs 5 is provided with pinsd8 for a purpose to be hereinafter designate To the end6 a roof portion 9 is hinged, the same being a framelike structure having oppositely disposed perforations 10, 10 formed in its sides, a perforation 11 formed in its free end and perforations 12, 12 in two of its corners and having bails 14, lt arranged upon the said apertured corners. The said portion 9 is latticed, as at B, and its free and hinged sides are connected by the parallel brace rods 15. Theend 7 is hinged to the roof portion 16, the construction of which is similar to the portion 9, with which it cooperates, except that catches 17 are substituted for the bails 14: with which said catches are adapted to engage to retain the roof sections in adjusted relation; and a door 18 is hinged in a frame 19 carried by the roof section 16 and said door is provided with a sliding latch 20 that is operable through eyelets 21, formed in the free end of the door, through the medium of a hand piece 22 pivotally carried by the said door.

To the floor 1 a transverse brace 23 is secured and the bifurcated ends of the same extend upward from said floor and carry the longitudinally extending rods 24, '25, the ends of which extend through the upturned ends 2 of the floor and said rods pivotally carry the sides 26, 27 respectively, of the coop. The legs or ends of said pieces 7 are formed with apertures 28, which when said pieces are in upright position are in alinement with the said pins 8 of legs 5 with which they cooperate to rigidly retain said sides in operative position. The top or free edges of said sides are provided with headed pins 29 which are for cooperation with the perforated portions of the roof sections to retain them rigidly in operative relation when desired.

Referring again to the said brace 23 the same carries a jointed post or toggle post 30, the upper portion thereof being adjustable with relation to the lower portion. A. longitudinally slotted sleeve 31 is disposed about said post, normally encompassing its jointed portion, and said sleeve is yieldingly retained in normal position by means of a spiral spring 32 disposed about the upper portion of said post and abutting said sleeve and a collar, the said post above said collar terminating in a reduced headed portion 33 adapted, when the coop is assembled, to extend through the roof apertures 11 for engagement by the latch 20 aforesaid.

In Fig. 1 the coop is shown assembled. To fold or collapse the same the hand piece 22 is moved toward the roof portion 9 thus loosening the grip of the latch upon the portion 33 of the jointed post. The catches 17 are moved toward the roof section 9 and disengaged from the bails 14;. The roof portions are now manually raised off the sides 26, 27 and out of engagement with the said jointed post; the sides are folded inwardly upon the floor 1, the door 18 is folded outwardly upon its hinge, or away from the roof portion 9; the coop-end 7 together with its roof portion 16 is folded down upon the sides 26, 27, the jointed post passing through the door frame 19; the coop end 6 and the roof section 9 are now folded down upon the roof section 16, the jointed post passing between the bars 15. The sleeve 31 is now raised upon the post until its lower end clears the joint in said post permitting a movement of the upper end of said post together with said sleeve, in a plane at right angles to the said bars 15, into the position shown dotted in Fig. 8. Expansion of the spring will drive the sleeve over the jointed portion of the post until the end of its slotted portion rides into engagement with said post in which position the post and sleeve serve as a lock to retain the coop compactly in folded position.

What is claimed is 1. In a folding coop, a floor having upturned edges and overlapping corners, a

brace extending transversely of said floor and having its ends bifurcated and bent upward from said floor, longitudinally extending rods journaled in the bifurcated ends of said brace and in the corners of said floor, foldingr sides carried by said rods, end pieces pivotally carried at the corners of said floor and adapted to fold inwardly upon said sides, cooperating roof sections hinged to said end pieces, one of aid roof sections being provided with brace rods, a swinging door carried by the other roof section, a sliding latch carried by said door, and a jointed post carried by the said brace for coiiperation with said roof sections and with said latch to retain said roof sections in operative position, and for cotiperation with the said brace rods of the first men tioned roof section when said roof sections are in folded relation to retain them compactly in position.

2. In a folding coop, a floor having upturned edges and overlapping corners, a brace extending transversely of said floor and having its ends bifurcated and bent upward from said floor, longitudinally ex tending rods journaled in the bifurcated ends of said brace and in the corners of said floor, folding sides carried by said rods, end pieces pivotally carried at the corners of said floor and adapted to fold inwardly upon said sides, cooperating roof sections hinged to said end pieces, a jointed post carried by the aforesaid brace for cooperation with said roof sections in operative or folded position, a sleeve encircling said post, flexible means carried by said post and engaging said sleeve for yieldingly retaining the same in engagement with the jointed portion of said post, and a manually operable latch for engagement with said post when the coop is in operative position.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses DAVID Boeun, EDNA Rnscn.

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